"El Bosque de los Recuerdos Olvidados"

The book analyses a selection of 10 houses and 14 buildings constructed in Costa Rica from 2000 to 2005 and that represent the current urban San Jose's growth trends. The domestic architecture reflects a higher purchasing power with an appreciation oh natural surroundings, the office and industrial buildings are aimed some at rescuing the historic downtown area while others were constructed in the suburban area of the city. Includes biographies of mentioned architects.

Hay una obra inmensa, compleja, abismal, polifacética: se trata de la filmografía de Ingmar Bergman. De todos estos atributos me quedo con el último: obra polifacética. La diversidad de caras suele pensarse como orientaciones distintas y hasta asimilarse a una cierta dispersión del sentido. Recusa estas atribuciones la imagen del poliedro, que le es directa y certeramente asociada. Hay entonces, una entidad que justifica y explica las múltiples caras, a la vez que las requiere para su existencia.

"This study goes beyond a formal description and esthetic analysis of house design in Mexico to offer an interpretation based on the complex network of economic, social, and cultural relations. Begins with an analysis of the indigenous home and lifestyle and continues into postrevolutionary, modern, and contemporary periods of historic transition, during which a new conception of urban space developed offering greater possibilities for individual expression. Contains many b/w plates of colonial city plans, 19th-century plans and photographs, and 20th-century photographs up to the...

El presente libro transforma pensamientos teóricos de arquitectura y arte en 105 ejercicios prácticos, todos ellos enfocados al diseño arquitectónico de viviendas.